#Aids2020Virtual: How to improve PrEP delivery
The lesson taken from the Covid-19 pandemic to treating HIV/Aids is to make delivery of medication simpler and diverse to save more lives.
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Gains in battle against HIV under threat
UNAIDS says the 90-90-90 targets for 2020 will not be met, citing COVID-19 as a major contributor to the delays
#AIDS2020Virtual:Impact of COVID19 on HIV services a worry
The world’s largest conference on HIV opened today in a special virtual format due to COVID-19. It kicked off with a focus on the links between the two viruses, and a recognition of global debates around racism.
“London Patient” HIV free for 34-months now
Don’t give up hope is the message from the “London Patient”, who remains HIV-free after three years
Gauteng doctor ‘brings the beauty back into medicine’
Dr Ellenore Meyer is the lynchpin for multiple community-based and person-centric care programs in Tshwane, and uses clinic services for the greater good.
The evolution to healthy eating
Food is fuel, but this concept is relatively new to me. I wasn’t always conscious of what I ate and I would often wolf down food because I was either hungry, bored, or emotional. That was me in 2017, writes Reesha Chibba.
[Op-ed]: A day in the life of a Somali Covid-19 community mobiliser
Covid-19 messaging in Somalia saves lives but there’s still those who don’t take the virus seriously, writes Zahra Mahamoud Jama, UNICEF community social mobiliser.
[Op-ed] Even when we cry blood, our country doesn’t answer
After tweeting to the presidency about her numerous gender-based violence (GBV) experiences, Sihle Bolani has only been met with a deafening silence despite a resounding response from South Africa. She asks why there hasn't been decisive action to tackle GBV with the same gusto as the Covid-19 pandemic. By: Sihle Bolani.
‘The extreme sport of killing and raping women and children’
I am driven to the darkest place of despair inside my head, every women killed is a knife to my heart and a scar on my already tattered soul, writes Vanessa Tedder. She encourages everyone to speak up when they see or suspect abuse taking place
[Op-ed]: New PrEP injection testament to HIV research and community partnership
With the development of a new delivery form of PrEP, HIV advocacy and research communities bolster itself after the HVTN 702 clinical trial’s premature ending, writes Ntando Yola.
Diabetes: ‘a ticking time bomb’ during the Covid-19 pandemic
In this personal account, journalist Karyn Maughan explains how the Covid-19 outbreak “has powerfully illustrated how deadly the poor management of diabetes can be.”
Re-opening schools needs mindfulness from parents
With varying opinions about whether schools should remain closed or not, parents and caregivers need to honestly assess what the best solution is for their children’s mental and emotional growth. By Kirstan Puttick Lloyd.
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
Angela Quintal was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis a decade ago. Today she finds herself living in the epicentre of coronavirus, New York City. This is her story of shutting herself away in the city that never sleeps to stay alive.
#CoronavirusSA: No magical solution
Critical thinking is more important now than ever as conspiracy theories and purported cures to Covid-19 run rife, writes Angelo Fick.
African pandemic solutions require integrated approach
By looking at some of the lessons learnt from the HIV and AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, the way to effectively tackle Covid-19 becomes clearer, writes Webster Mavhu.